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Reentries into Care in < 12 Months of Discharge
Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Current (12 Months)
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Current (12 Months)
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Current (12 Months)
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Placement Stability
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Service Areas
Region
2 or Fewer Placements
3 - 4 Placements
5 - 6 Placements
More than 6 Placements
Overall Total
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
State
1665
87.03%
220
11.50%
16
0.83%
12
0.62%
1913
Adams County
42
84.00%
7
14.00%
1
2.00%
0
0.00%
50
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Antelope County
6
60.00%
4
40.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
34
91.89%
3
8.10%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
37
Bellevue
167
84.77%
23
11.67%
4
2.03%
3
1.52%
197
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
4
66.66%
2
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Boone County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Box Butte County
14
77.77%
4
22.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
18
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
67
95.71%
3
4.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
70
Burt County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Butler County
10
90.90%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
9.09%
11
Cass County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Cedar County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Center
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Central
255
86.73%
36
12.24%
3
1.02%
0
0.00%
294
Chadron
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Chase County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Cherry County
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Cheyenne County
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
8
80.00%
1
10.00%
1
10.00%
0
0.00%
10
Colfax County
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Columbus
49
85.96%
5
8.77%
1
1.75%
2
3.50%
57
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
10
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Custer County
8
57.14%
6
42.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
6
46.15%
7
53.84%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Dawson County
25
89.28%
3
10.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
28
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Dodge County
88
80.73%
20
18.34%
1
0.91%
0
0.00%
109
Douglas County
459
85.63%
64
11.94%
6
1.11%
7
1.30%
536
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
591
86.53%
75
10.98%
9
1.31%
8
1.17%
683
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
1
50.00%
1
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Franklin County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Fremont
84
78.50%
22
20.56%
1
0.93%
0
0.00%
107
Frontier County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Furnas County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Gage County
8
80.00%
2
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Garden County
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Grand Island
97
80.83%
21
17.50%
2
1.66%
0
0.00%
120
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Hall County
73
85.88%
12
14.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
85
Hamilton County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
55
85.93%
8
12.50%
1
1.56%
0
0.00%
64
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Holdrege
12
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Holt County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Hooker County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Howard County
14
73.68%
4
21.05%
1
5.26%
0
0.00%
19
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
15
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
Johnson County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Judicial District 1
51
94.44%
3
5.55%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
54
Judicial District 2
147
88.02%
16
9.58%
3
1.79%
1
0.59%
167
Judicial District 3
239
90.53%
24
9.09%
0
0.00%
1
0.37%
264
Judicial District 4
459
85.63%
64
11.94%
6
1.11%
7
1.30%
536
Judicial District 5
124
86.11%
16
11.11%
2
1.38%
2
1.38%
144
Judicial District 6
130
83.87%
24
15.48%
1
0.64%
0
0.00%
155
Judicial District 7
72
83.72%
12
13.95%
1
1.16%
1
1.16%
86
Judicial District 8
34
73.91%
11
23.91%
1
2.17%
0
0.00%
46
Judicial District 9
140
90.32%
15
9.67%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
155
Judicial District 10
75
84.26%
12
13.48%
2
2.24%
0
0.00%
89
Judicial District 11
122
94.57%
7
5.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
129
Judicial District 12
72
81.81%
16
18.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
88
Kearney
75
91.46%
7
8.53%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
82
Kearney County
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Keith County
18
94.73%
1
5.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
19
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Knox County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Lancaster County
239
90.53%
24
9.09%
0
0.00%
1
0.37%
264
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
26
86.66%
4
13.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
30
Lincoln
243
90.67%
25
9.32%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
268
Lincoln County
66
95.65%
3
4.34%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
69
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
33
84.61%
4
10.25%
1
2.56%
1
2.56%
39
McCook
13
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
12
85.71%
0
0.00%
2
14.28%
0
0.00%
14
Morrill County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
29
82.85%
6
17.14%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
35
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Niobrara
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Norfolk
63
85.13%
9
12.16%
1
1.35%
1
1.35%
74
North Platte
65
97.01%
2
2.98%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
67
Northern
312
84.78%
49
13.31%
4
1.08%
3
0.81%
368
Nuckolls County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
O' Neill
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Ogallala
26
96.29%
1
3.70%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
27
Omaha
411
87.07%
51
10.80%
5
1.05%
5
1.05%
472
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Ord
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Otoe County
7
58.33%
5
41.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phelps County
8
80.00%
2
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Pierce
0
0.00%
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Pierce County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Platte County
20
90.90%
1
4.54%
0
0.00%
1
4.54%
22
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
4
44.44%
5
55.55%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Red Willow County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Richardson County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Santee Tribe - Nebr
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Sarpy County
133
89.86%
11
7.43%
3
2.02%
1
0.67%
148
Saunders County
14
82.35%
3
17.64%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Scotts Bluff County
31
88.57%
4
11.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
35
Scottsbluff
37
69.81%
15
28.30%
0
0.00%
1
1.88%
53
Seward
48
88.88%
6
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
54
Seward County
17
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Sheridan County
1
50.00%
1
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
14
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
38
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
38
Southeast
305
89.97%
34
10.02%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
339
Stanton County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
State - Judicial District
1665
87.03%
220
11.50%
16
0.83%
12
0.62%
1913
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
16
84.21%
3
15.78%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
19
Valentine
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Washington County
1
50.00%
1
50.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
5
62.50%
3
37.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Webster County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
190
88.78%
23
10.74%
0
0.00%
1
0.46%
214
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
4
57.14%
3
42.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
4
57.14%
3
42.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
York
24
88.88%
2
7.40%
1
3.70%
0
0.00%
27
York County
25
80.64%
6
19.35%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
31